Installing A Preformed Pond, Step By Step

Installing A Preformed Pond, Pumps & Plants


133 gallons; 74" x 51" x 18"	Positioning the preformed pond. The deck overhang will hide small birds from Hawks.	Marking & digging the hole. (Found a grounding rod)	Cut the solar panel's ground rod lower, so it can't puncture the pond
Gradually removing dirt from underneith to sink the liner evenly, and retain a solid bed	Water weighs down the liner while pushing dirt below to make a solid bed	Allowing the water to overflow to help pack and settle the soil beneath it
Our first water plant: a red Iris in a perforated container topped with pebbles	Tucking burlap around the rim to hide the plastic look	Laying flatish rock around the rim, which begins the making of a patio
A 210 GPH pond pump in a biological filter kit. The 1/2" hose will carry the water to the trees	About to submerge the pump-filter with hose & powercord feeding out beneith rocks	The only sign of the submerged pump-filter is its hose & powercord feeding out beneith the rocks
As the pump waters the trees, the pond filler refills the pond through a frog spitter	The 1/2" pump hose is not the same size as the 1/2" irrigation hose. This connector joins them	Running the pond pump hose to a PVC outlet at the tree, raised to prevent siphoning
Installing an electrical box to power the pond pump that will water the trees, etc	Running the power line. I will hide it inside the wall someday when I rebuild the wall.	Tying the new electrical box into the existing circuitry under the trailer	Attaching an outlet and an outlet enclosure to the new electrical box
About to install an outlet for a 330 GPH pump & filter to recirculate the pond water	Preparing to submerge the 330 GPH pump & filter into the pond	The 330 GPH pump aerates the water very well	Two Brinks 7-day digital timers control the two pond pumps